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Okaloosa County, Florida

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet FL091 · Okaloosa County 35 sys · 575 viol · #249/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-CLEAN · SRC-GW · SYS-SMALL · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 88.6% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 13.7% health
  • RANK-TOP #249/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.1 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-SMALL 35 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Miami-Dade County (+ 0.1 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Okaloosa County ranks #249 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #22 of 67 counties in Florida. See methodology · corpus placement.

Okaloosa County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 88.6% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 13.7% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #249 of 3,254 · #22 of 67 in Florida.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Okaloosa County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Okaloosa County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Dixie · lowest Okaloosa · this county Lafayette · near Monroe · highest 66.7% 88.5% 88.6% 88.6% 88.9% 89% 100%

Source: EPA SDWIS (county aggregates) As of 2026-05-15

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Okaloosa Co.wtr.; Swr.system 80,295 29 Clean
Crestview, City of Water Dept. 34,789 50 Clean
Destin Water Users, Inc. 31,752 16 Clean
Fort Walton Beach, City Of 24,113 17 Clean
Auburn Water System 22,903 45 Clean
Niceville, City Of 21,451 19 Clean
Okaloosa County Bluewater Bay-Raintree 17,592 4 Clean
Hurlburt Field Water System 10,006 32 Clean
Okaloosa County Mid System (Crestview) 7,593 23 Clean
Valparaiso, City Of 5,722 15 Clean
Eglin Main 4,169 29 Clean
Mary Esther, City Of 4,013 14 Clean
Eglin West/Housing 3,500 18 Clean
Baker Water System, Inc. 2,930 19 -
Holt Water Works, Inc. 2,582 31 -
Milligan Water System, Inc. 2,450 26 -
Laurel Hill, City Of 1,802 19 -
Okaloosa Correctional Inst. 1,800 9 -
Eglin 7th Special Forces Group 1,500 0 -
Okaloosa Waterworks (Formerly Blackman) 812 4 -
Eglin Afb Duke Field 3 427 29 -
Fdot Okaloosa Co Rest Area 316 36 -
Eglin Aux. 6 Ranger Camp 134 39 -
Vertical Bridge S3 Assets, Lcc 100 18 -
Eglin Uscg Station (Destin) 42 8 -
Hurricane Lake North Rec Area 25 3 -
Karick Lake North 25 6 -
Karick Lake South Rec Area 25 5 -
Hurricane Lake South Rec Area 25 1 -
Bone Creek Recreation Area 25 5 -
Eglin Site C-3 (Laser) 25 4 -
Eglin Site C64-C Test Facility 25 2 -
Eglin Site A-30 25 0 -
Eglin Site C-10 25 0 -
Eglin Site B-75 Alaang 25 0 -

Compare beyond Florida

Lower-flagged peers for Okaloosa County

Cross-state counties nearest Okaloosa County on flagged-system share (88.6%) and cumulative violation count (575). In-state neighbours stay on the compliance plate above.

Similar flagged-system rate

Nearest cross-state counties by % of SDWIS systems with at least one violation on record.

4 peers

Similar violation load

Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).

4 peers

Read our methodology · Check your water system - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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